So I started going back through the years. It started on this very computer but that only got me back to 2007. Then I was given access to the UConn media guides and began to go back, back, back and back some more.

As recent as 2005 Jason Williams had 200 yards through the first two games but that is still a far cry from the 255 Phillips has piled up. Dak Newton and Carl Bond hit the 240-yard mark in the 1996 and 1997 seasons. Then in 1991 Alex Davis had 249 yards but that still didn't top what Phillips accomplished. Finally it was Mark Didio who was the receiver who had more yards through two games than Phillips as he had 283 yards in the first two contests of the 1989 season. As a point of reference, that was three years before Phillips was born. Of course the question is whether Phillips will be able to add to that total on Saturday. He vows to play but we'll have to see how his hamstring reacts to the strain of practices moving forward this week.

An interesting note is that Geremy Davis' 154 yards through the first two games would have been the most since 2005 if not for Phillips.